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Re: Where are they now?

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On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:31:42 +0000 (GMT)
Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
>   Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> wrote:
>> I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what
>> happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in the
>> BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the attic!
>> I remember they went on to produce Impression for the Archimedes, but
>> then rather seemed to drop out of sight.  
>
>Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement, they
>produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called Xara.
>
>Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara.
>Corel, who as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got
>Xara back and did some more development work on it.
>
>They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is
>appreciated in Pro design circles.
>
>Dave
>

I did have a vague memory of Xara. It seems it's become the tail that wagged
the dog :o

Interesting that they're still at Gaddesden place - that can't be a cheap
option!

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    Re: Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-01-12 10:07 +0000
  Re: Where are they now? Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 08:31 +0000
    Re: Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-01-12 10:14 +0000
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        Re: Where are they now? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 17:08 +0000
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            Re: Where are they now? Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-03-23 08:18 +0000
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          Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-05-26 07:47 +0200
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